Police track down suspect, stolen property

Published 2:10 pm, Friday, April 22, 2016

HURON COUNTY— The Huron County Sheriff’s Office, working jointly with the Harbor Beach and Bad Axe police departments, was able to track down thousands of dollars worth of stolen property.

Several chainsaws and a log splitter were recovered this week during the joint effort, according to Huron County Sheriff Kelly J. Hanson.

Hanson said deputies were given valuable information about the stolen items after Harbor Beach police recovered a stolen log splitter.

“This information led us, along with officers from Harbor Beach, to a home in Sheridan Township,” said Hanson late Thursday afternoon. “There, a 20-year-old man was questioned and a number of stolen items were recovered.”

Hanson said police officers from the sheriff’s office and Bad Axe Police Department then traveled to Lake Orion and Goodrich this week where more stolen items from Huron County were recovered.

“Two of the stolen chainsaws recovered are believed to be stolen from the Sigel Township area during the middle of September,” he said. “Some of the others we still haven’t determined who they belong to.”

Hanson is asking anyone in the area who believes their chainsaw was stolen to call the Huron County Sheriff’s Office at (989) 269-6500.